Why do challenger banks have a female problem?
New research has found that women are much less likely to know about – let alone use – a digital bank compared to men. According
May 7, 2019
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Banking
Revolt at Revolut: how the company tried to silence whistleblowers (and me)
Iona Bain Revolut, the digital bank I called to account over its tube ads, is now suffering from an outbreak of whistleblowing. In a series
March 1, 2019
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Young Money Blog & FT joint scoop makes media headlines
A joint investigation by the Financial Times and Young Money Blog has found that Revolut fabricated statistics that appeared in its most recent advertising campaign.
February 10, 2019
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Bank to rights: Why my take-down of the Revolut Valentines ad went viral
Crass, cringe, uncool and creepy. Those were the overriding thoughts I had when I saw THAT advert for Revolut on the London Underground last week.
February 6, 2019
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The emperor’s new fintech? Why only a minority use trendy new banks
Last week, I was surprised to see #YearinMonzo trending on Twitter. In case you’re out of the loop, this has become a a major event
January 15, 2019
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The end of the Help to Buy Isa – my comment for BBC News
Help to Buy Isas are on the way out. After November the only option for wised-up home-savers wanting to get their hands on up to
January 3, 2019
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NY Resolutions you’ll actually *want* to keep
Do yourself a mahoosive favour in 2019. As the brilliant Alex Holder rightly points out in her latest think piece for Grazia, this year will
January 1, 2019
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The millennial bunnies from Philip Hammond’s hat in #Budget2018
Credit unions will get a Budget shot in the arm with the launch of a Premium Bond-style lottery prize to tempt young workers into these
October 29, 2018
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Dispatch from the Fintech frontline – what’s next?
Young Money Team Banking may not change as much as we expect by 2020, but will change a lot more than we imagine by 2030.
September 19, 2018
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Intergen Finance: the Resolution Report fully unpacked
It’s official. We are not Generation Avocado. The long-awaited report from the Intergenerational Commission has concluded, after two years and over 200 pages, that millennials
May 11, 2018
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TSB farce has wrecked my account switching dream
Iona Bain Reader, contrary to what my hair colour suggests, I am not a 24 hour ball of fury. I am what you might call
April 25, 2018
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Intriguing financial films for your next #duvetday
Iona Bain If you heard me at the beginning of the year on BBC Radio 4’s Moneybox live show, talking about my financial education documentary from late
March 19, 2018
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